Blah, blah, blah…
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Ken Bechtel in The Goo Blog
Have you ever been in a conversation or at a presentation and all you heard was, “blah, blah, blah…blah, blah…blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.â€Â It was like you were listening to the teacher’s voice in one of those Charlie Brown cartoons. What do you think when you hear this? Is it annoying? Insulting? A waste of your time?
This blah, blah, blah is often what we hear when we are not being present. So it is not that the speaker is annoying you or insulting you or wasting your time. YOU ARE! (more…)
“Can’t Never Did Anything.”
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Ken Bechtel in The Goo Blog
When I was growing up, anytime I told my Dad that I can’t do something, he would reply, “can’t never did anything.â€Â And as annoying as that was to hear I knew he was right.
Think about it. Name one thing that has ever been attributed to “can’t.â€
The Wright brothers had a bicycle shop. Why were they the first ones who succeeded in developing motorized flight? It certainly was not because they told themselves we can’t. They did not ask why are we qualified to pursue this? They just asked how to do it and kept going until they found the answer.
It is said that Thomas Edison failed over 1,000 times before he discovered the incandescent light bulb. He had over 1,000 opportunities to say “I can’t†but he didn’t because “can’t never did anything.†(more…)
Cake for Breakfast
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Ken Bechtel in The Goo Blog
A couple days ago I woke up wanting cake for breakfast. Â You can’t eat cake for breakfast I thought. Â That is just not right. Â But it was what I wanted. Â Man did I want it.
I ate a banana in an attempt to distract myself from this craving. Â Didn’t work. Â Maybe a hard boiled egg. Â I am just need some protein. Â That will take care of things. Â Nope. Â I simply need more to eat, but it needs to be good for me so how about a bowl of oatmeal. Â Well the oatmeal was good, but I still wanted cake.
Screw it! Â No one is here to see me eat it anyway. (more…)
Ho’oponopono Rocks!
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Ken Bechtel in The Goo Blog
So here I was in the middle of a past-life meltdown. Â Beating myself up for what I had done in a particular past life. (it was not pretty) Â And sitting in victimhood. Â Believing I could not possibly be released and forgiven having done such a horrible thing. Â (let’s just say there were more than a few deaths that I had a fairly direct roll in during this particular past-life)
My friend Claudia suggested I do Ho’oponopono to forgive myself and release this limiting energy. Â Here is what she told me: (more…)
Dealing with Change
Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Ken Bechtel in The Goo Blog
I had lunch with my friend, Jill, Â yesterday. Â It was good to see her and catch up, but for some reason I left our time together feeling very sad. Â At first I could not figure out why. Â Jill is someone I care for and think a great deal of. Â I usually feel great when I get together with her and can’t wait to see her again. Â This time I was not sure when or if I wanted to see her again.
She was in this huge negative victim space. Â Not fun to be around.
Later in the day I was telling another friend, Sandy, about this situation and she helped me see what was happening. (more…)